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it says grover norquist is not happy with the defundsers. told reporters they have a lot of apologies to make and bridges to rebuild. and this is grover norquist talk about apologies and bridges to be rebuilt. it would be a good idea if they stop referring to other runs as hitler aappeaser because they sponsor supported a strategy that attachment if you make a big mistake, you owe your fellow senator an apology because nothing they did advanced the cause of repealing obamacare. who are the they in this, and are they atr members? >> no. what happened was there was republican strategy going into the continuing resolution, and the debt ceiling and that was to move the cr, the budget, past the debt ceiling. you had one deadline, not a soft deadline that was going to be pushed through, but one hard deadline. and then work on whether there was some sort of spending reforms you could get as part of the debt celling increase, because traditionally there have been reform. and that would be do-able. instead some people jumped up, and ted cruz got most
it says grover norquist is not happy with the defundsers. told reporters they have a lot of apologies to make and bridges to rebuild. and this is grover norquist talk about apologies and bridges to be rebuilt. it would be a good idea if they stop referring to other runs as hitler aappeaser because they sponsor supported a strategy that attachment if you make a big mistake, you owe your fellow senator an apology because nothing they did advanced the cause of repealing obamacare. who are the they...
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grover norquist don't like that. the antitax crusader more americans for tax reform joins us next. ♪ [ villain ] well mr. baldwin... it appears our journey has come to a delightful end. then i better use the capital one purchase eraser to redeem my venture miles for this trip. io i just pick a charge, like my flight with a few taps, it's taken care of. impressive baldwin. does it work for hotels? absolutely thank goodness. mrs. villain and i are planning our... you scare me. and i like it. let's go what's in your wallet? now get the unmistakable thrill... and the incredible rush... of the mercedes-benz you've always wanted ♪ but you better get here fast... [ girl ] yay, daddy's here. here you go, honey. thank you. [ male announcer ] because a good thing like this... phew! won't last forever. mmm. [ male announcer ] see your authorized dealer for an incredible offer on the exhilarating c250 sport sedan. but hry, offers end july 31st. lou: my next guest is known for his strong antitax positions, now weighing into t
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grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. grover, it seems like it reached critical mass. that we need to reform the tax code. do you thinkkthat is just lip service or do you think that now for the first time we could really see this happen, loopholes closing, tax code reforming, simplification, what do you think? >> well, two questions. one we need to do it, our economy is growing more slowly than it should. it is killing jobs the structure of the tax code, both corporate and individual income tax that we have now. the challenge we have is that dave camp, the republican chairman of the ways and means committee in the house whose job it i to reform things, he is designing a tax refm plan right now as we talk. orrin hatch in the senate, senate finance committee is doing the same thing. the president goes to bed every night with sugarplums dancing in his head about raising taxes, not reforming them. so there's a conflict, of vision here as to what direction they want to go. melissa: okay. i have a solution. do it for them. we'v
grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. grover, it seems like it reached critical mass. that we need to reform the tax code. do you thinkkthat is just lip service or do you think that now for the first time we could really see this happen, loopholes closing, tax code reforming, simplification, what do you think? >> well, two questions. one we need to do it, our economy is growing more slowly than it should. it is killing jobs the structure of the tax code, both corporate...
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grover norquist, president for americans for tax reform. he joins tracy byrnes and ashley webster on the next hour of fox business. don't miss it you hurt my feelin, todd. i did? when visa signature asked everybody what upgraded experiences really mattered... you suggested luxury car service instd of "strength training with patrick willis." come on todd! flp them chicken wings. [ grunts ] well, i travel a loand umm... [ male announcer ] at visa signature, every upgradedxperience comes from listening to our cardholders. visa signature. your ide of what a card should be. you will lose 3 sets of ks 4 cell phones 7 socks and 6 weeks of sleep but one ing you don't want to lose is any more teeth. if you wear a partial, you are almost twice as likely to lose your supporting teeth. new poligrip and polident for partials 'seal and protect' helps minimize stress, which may damage supporting teeth, by stabilizing your partial. and 'clean and protect' kills odor-causing bacteria. care for your partial. help protect your natural teeth. ashley: good afte
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grover norquist don't like that. the antitax crusader more when i fit felt the diabetic nerve pain, of course i had no idea what it was. i felt like my feet were going to slee it progressed from there to burning... to like 1,000 bees that were just stinging my feet. [ female announce] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everye. it may cause rious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right ay if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in md or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, changes in eyesight including blurry vision, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or skin sores friabetes. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs and feet. don't ink alcohol while taking lyrica. don't drive or use machinery unil you know how lyrica affects you. those who have had a drug or alcohol problem maye mo likely to misuse lyrica
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watch grover norquist's people go to work here. let's listen. >> i'm going to ask a question to everybody on the stage. say you had a deal, a real spending cuts deal. 10-1, as byron said. spending cuts to tax increases. speaker, you're already shaking your head. but who, on this stage, would walk away from that deal? when you raise your hand if you just feel so strongly about not raising taxes, you'd walk away on the 10 to 1 deal. >> joining me right now to review that list of greatness, former rnc chairman michael steele who never had a year like this. seriously, both msnbc contributors. that was a scene where you come from the roots of the republican party, sir. was that a good day or a bad day for the republicans when they went out there like lock step? >> i think it was a bad day. it was interesting that later on huntsman said, you know, i probably should have raised my hand and said i would have taken the 10 to 1 deal. i think he recognized after the fact that that was a definitive moment where he could have carved out a new s
watch grover norquist's people go to work here. let's listen. >> i'm going to ask a question to everybody on the stage. say you had a deal, a real spending cuts deal. 10-1, as byron said. spending cuts to tax increases. speaker, you're already shaking your head. but who, on this stage, would walk away from that deal? when you raise your hand if you just feel so strongly about not raising taxes, you'd walk away on the 10 to 1 deal. >> joining me right now to review that list of...
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. >> the debate in washington continues over the fallout from the deal, grover norquist sat down with andrea mitchell yesterday on the "andrea mitchell reports" and insisted that republicans who back the fiscal cliff deal did not vote to raise taxes. >> no republican voted for a tax increase. what happened was obama had this sort of ax over the heads of the american people with a $5 trillion tax increase over the next decade. the republicans are clear. they want the tax cuts extended for everyone. the president is not taking them away from some people. that will hurt the economy. he got his tax increase. but he can't claim republican fingerprints on his tax increase. >> wait a second. i mean we're not living in the alice in wonder land world here. there is a tax increase for wealthier americans. it's literally a tax increase. >> well -- rates are up. >> what happened yesterday was that all the tax rates went up and then the republicans and congress together took them down for some people, not for everybody. >> so d.c. is still mixed on the new law but wall street seems to love it. the
. >> the debate in washington continues over the fallout from the deal, grover norquist sat down with andrea mitchell yesterday on the "andrea mitchell reports" and insisted that republicans who back the fiscal cliff deal did not vote to raise taxes. >> no republican voted for a tax increase. what happened was obama had this sort of ax over the heads of the american people with a $5 trillion tax increase over the next decade. the republicans are clear. they want the tax...
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. >> i want to hear from grover norquist because this logic is fantastic. passed by congress that raises taxes for the higher earners, extends tax cuts for many americans. the president reviewed a copy of the bill while vacationing in hawaii before directing it to be signed via auto pen. that's the signature machine that the presidents sometimes use while away from washington, far from a bipartisan public signing ceremony. look at this. >> it was special. he wanted to capture it. it was special. >> back at the capitol -- >> in wisconsin they were thinking about signing civil rights legislation with his hands, then decided use the auto pen. looks better for the history books. >> on the jetsons. >> there are several major issues -- >> rosie, by the way. >> -- awaiting the president's return including the impending fight over the debt ceiling. >> it's going to be ugly. >> meanwhile, grover norquist sat down with andrea mitchell yesterday where he insisted that republicans who backed the fiscal cliff deal did not, in fact, vote to increase taxes. >> no republic
. >> i want to hear from grover norquist because this logic is fantastic. passed by congress that raises taxes for the higher earners, extends tax cuts for many americans. the president reviewed a copy of the bill while vacationing in hawaii before directing it to be signed via auto pen. that's the signature machine that the presidents sometimes use while away from washington, far from a bipartisan public signing ceremony. look at this. >> it was special. he wanted to capture it. it...
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grover norquist is a conservative. >> paul ryan, haley barbour all penned the study, but it's not just republican objections that could stop immigration reform. senator pat leahy could offer an amendment to let gay couples sponsor their immigrant partners, something that now all four republican members of the gang of eight have said will doom the bill. >> a lot of people want to kill the immigration bill no matter what. we will have votes on this. people can vote for or against any of these amendments. >> lois romano and the editor in chief of the "national journal's" hotline, reed wilson. is there a big concern right now that all the amendments that may be added will make it impossible to pass this? >> i don't think it will make it impossible. i do think there's a concern about weighing the bill down with a lot of amendments. but i think we have to all keep in mind that the bill has some momentum now. mainstream republicans want some form of immigration reform. we just came out of a very bad election for them where they lost 72% of the latino vote. but they want to make sure they don'
grover norquist is a conservative. >> paul ryan, haley barbour all penned the study, but it's not just republican objections that could stop immigration reform. senator pat leahy could offer an amendment to let gay couples sponsor their immigrant partners, something that now all four republican members of the gang of eight have said will doom the bill. >> a lot of people want to kill the immigration bill no matter what. we will have votes on this. people can vote for or against any...
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street multi-millionaire lobbyist grover norquist instead of the constitution and and if we're going to cut spending where do we cut spending like you know do we dial back the war in iraq or do we cut off women and infants so it's just because no one can agree it's the reason we haven't passed a budget and my ideology is actually it goes beyond ideology because the ideology is being driven by big money what's in the interests of those handful those thirty or so major billionaires who are funding so much of this austerity stuff is not in the interest of the average american very it would be on the politicians now i'm on the subject of borrowing money to pay your bills that's a very simplistic explanation and it goes back to running the government like you've run a household it's too simplistic however to some extent and that is what is happening you know the shutdown we couldn't jamie dimon said that he's going to take care of the security and he was going to happen as a political move but i mean you know not political it was a good p.r. move that he did potentially for a political ru
street multi-millionaire lobbyist grover norquist instead of the constitution and and if we're going to cut spending where do we cut spending like you know do we dial back the war in iraq or do we cut off women and infants so it's just because no one can agree it's the reason we haven't passed a budget and my ideology is actually it goes beyond ideology because the ideology is being driven by big money what's in the interests of those handful those thirty or so major billionaires who are...
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with that, we bring in grover norquist. before we talk about that, i thought we would have you on saying, boy, this is a terrible week for you. you do not see it that way at all. >> no. actually, what happened was we just got 85% of the bush tax cuts made permanent. for the last 12 years, we have lived with this over our head that at any moment we could have -- there was a $500 billion tax increase that took effect for just a day or two. without congress doing anything. congress acted. we got 85% of that tax cut saved 499% of americans. we wanted all of it made permanent. we had none of it permanent for the last 12 years. we now know what the tax code looks like it we move forward to fight to reduce spending. connell: that is what i want to talk about on a couple different fronts. the white house will want more revenue. they have $600 billion in taxes out of this. you are shaking your head already. >> first of all, the old argument from the democrats was, we will raise taxes and cut spending. they fooled president bush. thi
with that, we bring in grover norquist. before we talk about that, i thought we would have you on saying, boy, this is a terrible week for you. you do not see it that way at all. >> no. actually, what happened was we just got 85% of the bush tax cuts made permanent. for the last 12 years, we have lived with this over our head that at any moment we could have -- there was a $500 billion tax increase that took effect for just a day or two. without congress doing anything. congress acted. we...
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of course, we have grover norquist, president of the americans for tax, encouraged by ronald reagan. i do not know whose idea the old was, but it worked -- both was, but it worked. i was with amy klobuchar recently. we interviewed her and she was telling us how grover was now getting hate mail by some of his own base because of committee testimony he provided on the joint economic committee that was very positive. i thought today "crossfire" is coming back on cnn. you have people with differences that bash each other without thinking. i thought today we would have a conversation. >> i am out of here. >> rahm, forget your white house role, but we are in chicago, thinking about how the equation with immigrants. as a mayor, how are you trying to change the game customer works a couple of the -- gain -- change the game? >> a couple of things that are fact, in the city of chicago, about 50% of all new business applications for licenses are by immigrants. that is why you cannot be pro-small business and anti-immigrant. they go hand-in-hand. we have cut our licenses denials by 60%, making i
of course, we have grover norquist, president of the americans for tax, encouraged by ronald reagan. i do not know whose idea the old was, but it worked -- both was, but it worked. i was with amy klobuchar recently. we interviewed her and she was telling us how grover was now getting hate mail by some of his own base because of committee testimony he provided on the joint economic committee that was very positive. i thought today "crossfire" is coming back on cnn. you have people with...
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[applause] unfortunately, the state our ownnt doesn't have grover norquist pushing a pledge to protect it. we don't have millions of aarp seniors sending in their dues and rallying to protect american investments overseas. the kids whose lives we are helping save from aids, the women who are -- who we are helping to free from the horrors of sex trafficking, the students who can choose for the first time to walk into a school instead of a short life of terror, their strongest lobbyists are the rare, committed americans who stand up to them and for the resources that we need to help them. and i hope that includes all of you here and many listening. you understand why every time a tough fiscal choice looms, the easiest place to point fingers -- foreign aid. as ronald reagan said, "foreign aid suffers from the lack of domestic constituency," and that is part of the reason everyone thinks it cost a lot more than it does. so we need to change that. i reject the excuse that americans just aren't interested in what happens outside the media field of vision. i don't believe that about anyone of
[applause] unfortunately, the state our ownnt doesn't have grover norquist pushing a pledge to protect it. we don't have millions of aarp seniors sending in their dues and rallying to protect american investments overseas. the kids whose lives we are helping save from aids, the women who are -- who we are helping to free from the horrors of sex trafficking, the students who can choose for the first time to walk into a school instead of a short life of terror, their strongest lobbyists are the...
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is there some methodology to grover norquist that could be applied to the immigration debate that we are not seeing today -- a binary, yes or no punishment for those on one side and reward for those on the other? >> when you talk to people who think they are against more immigration or no immigration, if you drill down a series of issues to people worried about situation -- for every dollar put in, you get three dollars, so we should have fewer immigrants, but that is actually an argument against having children. most think that immigrants can go on welfare. they tag immigrants with other things they are focused on, including education. at our schools they do not teach you american history. i was here. they do not teach you american history very well. it is not just the immigrants that are not getting as strong of a public school system as we would like. you can explain to people what bothers you -- let reform the welfare system, as clinton turned to do, entitlements, school choice -- that is the way to fix things, not yell at 3% of the population and say it is their fault. >> jim ha
is there some methodology to grover norquist that could be applied to the immigration debate that we are not seeing today -- a binary, yes or no punishment for those on one side and reward for those on the other? >> when you talk to people who think they are against more immigration or no immigration, if you drill down a series of issues to people worried about situation -- for every dollar put in, you get three dollars, so we should have fewer immigrants, but that is actually an argument...
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the grover norquist crowd. they're very prominent in oklahoma and continue to fight any effort to raise revenue. i think this crosses the line there. i think you're going to see a lot of registered republicans join with a lot of the democrats and support something like this knowing that it is going for the common good. >> joe dorman, it's been interesting to follow your efforts on this from afar as all of us in the country are trying to learn more about how your state copes with this kind of threat. thanks for helping us understand it. i appreciate your time. >> you've got a lot of fans here in oklahoma. thank you for everything you do in reporting. >> thanks for saying so. i really appreciate it. >>> still to come, young guns. they get old too. then what happens? that's coming up. r ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke.
the grover norquist crowd. they're very prominent in oklahoma and continue to fight any effort to raise revenue. i think this crosses the line there. i think you're going to see a lot of registered republicans join with a lot of the democrats and support something like this knowing that it is going for the common good. >> joe dorman, it's been interesting to follow your efforts on this from afar as all of us in the country are trying to learn more about how your state copes with this kind...
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and grover norquist. it's the most unusual coalition of business and labor, conservatives and liberals, religious leaders, leaders from all walks of life who have come together to back this bill. i think we've got a chance because it is so bipartisan and has such a broad base of support >> warner: so you think it's more than the fact that 70% of hispanic voters chose president obama in the november election? >> make no mistake, that was the catalyst. if the november 6 election hadn't been so decisive when it came to voting blocks like asian americans and hispanic americans favoring president obama i'm not sure my republican colleagues would have had the appetite. john mccain has been very open about this and he said if the republicans want to be competitive with hispanic voters in america we've got to step forward and find a solution to our immigration challenge. >> now have the eight of you discussed not only the substance of the bill but how each team of you is going to deal with challenges from your ow
and grover norquist. it's the most unusual coalition of business and labor, conservatives and liberals, religious leaders, leaders from all walks of life who have come together to back this bill. i think we've got a chance because it is so bipartisan and has such a broad base of support >> warner: so you think it's more than the fact that 70% of hispanic voters chose president obama in the november election? >> make no mistake, that was the catalyst. if the november 6 election...
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. >> i was writing about one of the grover norquist. doing a profile of him and he was on the board of the nra. the nra has been a key part of the right-wing coalition for years. they were trying to project a bit more moderate image. but i think the swing to the right is actually you know an opportunity for liberals. i think what we've seen, the nra won, let's not make any bones about that they defeated obama. all three gun piece of gun legislation went down. the only way they're going to be defeated is if there's an equal fight of the anti-gun owners. nobody could stand with jim porter and the things he said in the past i think this an opportunity for the anti-gun law activist, for the pro gun activist to try to build a sort of anti-nra in the middle on the left. >> you don't have to build it on the left. you could build it all the way over to the conservative right. because at the end of it stands jim porter talking about the war of northern aggression, ryan. >> they're going to regret going to war with joe manchin. this is a conserva
. >> i was writing about one of the grover norquist. doing a profile of him and he was on the board of the nra. the nra has been a key part of the right-wing coalition for years. they were trying to project a bit more moderate image. but i think the swing to the right is actually you know an opportunity for liberals. i think what we've seen, the nra won, let's not make any bones about that they defeated obama. all three gun piece of gun legislation went down. the only way they're going to...
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. >> caller: yeah, to grover norquist, how are they legally an officer of the congress? because i wrote twice -- i wrote to the senate and i wrote to the house of representatives, their ethics committee and i never got an answer back so i don't think they have an answer. >> stephanie: oh, it makes you chucklely, yeah. this question has been raised many times. since when do you take an oath to a guy. >> the oath that matters is the oath to the constitution and no pledge has precedence over that oath. i think the oath that take the no-tax pledge would say it is consistent with the constitution. >> stephanie: grover norquist nor wayne lapierre are elected to anything so if you are signing some oaths or trying to get ratings from a guy -- >> i have never pledged an oath to anyone named grover. >> the only people you should take an oath to are your constituents. >> stephanie: right. alan you are on with congressman schiff. >> caller: yes, sir, good morning. they knew that march 1st, 2013 would be coming and i have to deal with my home budget. now all of a sudden it's one side
. >> caller: yeah, to grover norquist, how are they legally an officer of the congress? because i wrote twice -- i wrote to the senate and i wrote to the house of representatives, their ethics committee and i never got an answer back so i don't think they have an answer. >> stephanie: oh, it makes you chucklely, yeah. this question has been raised many times. since when do you take an oath to a guy. >> the oath that matters is the oath to the constitution and no pledge has...
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grover norquist is running this country. he wants to shrink the government down so we can fit it in his bathtub, that is the ideology the republican house is governing on. we can argue about ideology, plenty of things wrong with the democratic party. when you consistently take the crowd out of the federal government -- kick the crap out of the federal government by not funding it, threatening to raise the debt ceiling, that undermines our ability. i hope that at some point we will get over this. that makes it more difficult. it is too important a problem to walk away from. >> over here. >> congressman, retired. what about the use of drones? dod is constrained. cbp, not so much. your thoughts? >> that is not the topic this morning. i am more focused on the aumf. we have had that issue, it is not just drones, cameras have proliferated. there is a controversy in seattle, they wanted to put up campbell's -- they wanted to put up cameras in the port of seattle. they have been counties and cities that want drones, people are conce
grover norquist is running this country. he wants to shrink the government down so we can fit it in his bathtub, that is the ideology the republican house is governing on. we can argue about ideology, plenty of things wrong with the democratic party. when you consistently take the crowd out of the federal government -- kick the crap out of the federal government by not funding it, threatening to raise the debt ceiling, that undermines our ability. i hope that at some point we will get over...
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grover norquist says some compromise is heading in the wrong direction. so they didn't really have a meeting the minds except they both liked the zoo. >> is it coincidental we had a red panda escape from the national zoo right around the time they visited it together perhaps? >> no, we arranged for that to happen actually. >> very good, great promo. >> the cover story of "time" is "the pursuit of happiness." still ahead, a big announcement about the department of agriculture today that could change the way our children eat at school. we'll talk to the secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. i'm the next american success story. working for a company where over seventy-five percent of store management started as hourly associates. there's opportunity here. i can use walmart's education benefits to get a degree, maybe work in it, or be an engineer, helping walmart conserve energy. even today, when our store does well, i earn quarterly bonuses. when people look at me, i hope they see someone working their way
grover norquist says some compromise is heading in the wrong direction. so they didn't really have a meeting the minds except they both liked the zoo. >> is it coincidental we had a red panda escape from the national zoo right around the time they visited it together perhaps? >> no, we arranged for that to happen actually. >> very good, great promo. >> the cover story of "time" is "the pursuit of happiness." still ahead, a big announcement about the...
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grover norquist is running this country. he wants to shrink the government down so we can fit it in his bathtub, that is the ideology the republican house is governing on. we can argue about ideology, plenty of things wrong with the democratic party. when you consistently kick the crap out of the federal government by not funding it, threatening to raise the debt ceiling, that undermines our ability. i hope that at some point we will get over this. that makes it more difficult. it is too important a problem to walk away from. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute]
grover norquist is running this country. he wants to shrink the government down so we can fit it in his bathtub, that is the ideology the republican house is governing on. we can argue about ideology, plenty of things wrong with the democratic party. when you consistently kick the crap out of the federal government by not funding it, threatening to raise the debt ceiling, that undermines our ability. i hope that at some point we will get over this. that makes it more difficult. it is too...
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the founder of americans for tax reform, grover norquist, was our guest this week on "washington journal" with his own thoughts on the law. >> clearly, this bill, the obama care legislation, was porly written, sloppily put together. we are finding all sorts of problems. max baucus, the finance chair, democrat from montana, said the whole thing is a train wreck. the president has admitted that big businesses cannot deal with the mandate, so he is giving them a year. it is not clear in the law that the president has that authority. he is just sort of not going to enforce the law that is there. we now have another cap, this is supposed to be one of the benefits. prices were going to stay down. that is being delayed one year. what is to stop it from being delayed one year every year for the next 50 years? one of the people i have been working with that americans for tax reform is the -- is in support of the idea to delay all of obamacare for one year. if it is not ready for prime time, if it is messing stuff up, let's just delay it. small businesses do not get the delay, big businesses do. i
the founder of americans for tax reform, grover norquist, was our guest this week on "washington journal" with his own thoughts on the law. >> clearly, this bill, the obama care legislation, was porly written, sloppily put together. we are finding all sorts of problems. max baucus, the finance chair, democrat from montana, said the whole thing is a train wreck. the president has admitted that big businesses cannot deal with the mandate, so he is giving them a year. it is not...
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they said they will not accept one tax break loophole closure here that super grover norquist pledge says and that is their position. they reject from the starting point the idea of a balanced approach in that frankly has been the impediment to moving forward, but it can have to be part of the solution. >> why is it so hard to come back to infrastructure? the chamber of commerce's story. the afl-cio is foreign infrastructure program. mayor bloomberg is for it. governor rendell, governor schwarzenegger, why is it so hard? >> you know, i think it's a combination of all that which is said, dysuria went antigovernment, almost pathology amongst a good chunk of members on the tea party site. the inability to find financing mechanism does it requires resources of revenue put into place here. whether that is trying to find traditional sources by raising energy taxes are trying to find it by reducing the polls, but getting rid as chanel, the oil and gas industry. there's just no capacity right now to get any revenue passed through the house to support those funds. the presidents propose some
they said they will not accept one tax break loophole closure here that super grover norquist pledge says and that is their position. they reject from the starting point the idea of a balanced approach in that frankly has been the impediment to moving forward, but it can have to be part of the solution. >> why is it so hard to come back to infrastructure? the chamber of commerce's story. the afl-cio is foreign infrastructure program. mayor bloomberg is for it. governor rendell, governor...
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he's going to target coal fired power plants and grover norquist is with us in a few minutes. it sounds like a carbon tax. 40% of small businesses say they've frozen higher because of obamacare and one business owner tells about the impact on her company. can you believe that animated monsters beat the zombies "world war z" at the box office? we're talking about that new at 10. and here is my take on the grand canyon tightrope walker. young wallenda carried on the family daredevil tradition. well, he did far more than that. he seemed so american, didn't he? let me explain. last week we were treated to the sorry spectacle of european pagans dancing around dawn on the summer solstice, mired in debt and deep in recession, and divided and failing, europe has drifted a long way from the judeo christian moorings, they're becoming a joke. and last night we saw the very american nik wallenda on a type rope across the grand canyon no safety net. i saw a european commentator incredulous and she thought he was crazy and nonplussed with individual action. risk, faith, big reward. no amoun
he's going to target coal fired power plants and grover norquist is with us in a few minutes. it sounds like a carbon tax. 40% of small businesses say they've frozen higher because of obamacare and one business owner tells about the impact on her company. can you believe that animated monsters beat the zombies "world war z" at the box office? we're talking about that new at 10. and here is my take on the grand canyon tightrope walker. young wallenda carried on the family daredevil...
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and people can spin and they can quote grover norquist and those kind of things to say otherwise, but professor borjas at harvard says differently; a federal reserve economist in atlanta says differently. the commission on human rights had hearings and every witness said it would be bad for workers already here. they will get hammered the most under this flow -- this dramatic increase this workers. well, they say it will increase g.n.p. well, it will. you legalize 30 million people, you're going to have a larger economy and it will be bigger. but the question is, per person, per capita, will america's productivity increase? will our g.d.p. increase? well, what did c.b.o. find? this is their chart. it shows that it drops. this is the baseline today. if we passed a bill -- the per capita g.n.p. of the united states of america, each citizen, drops. that doesn't make us wealthier as a nation as a person much so what if the economy grows a little bit but everybody has less, because you've got more people. that's what they say. "s. 44 would reduce per capita g.n.p. by .7% in 2023." this is
and people can spin and they can quote grover norquist and those kind of things to say otherwise, but professor borjas at harvard says differently; a federal reserve economist in atlanta says differently. the commission on human rights had hearings and every witness said it would be bad for workers already here. they will get hammered the most under this flow -- this dramatic increase this workers. well, they say it will increase g.n.p. well, it will. you legalize 30 million people, you're...
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that is what the grover norquist pledge says. that is their position. they reject from the starting point the idea of a balanced approach and that has been the impediment to moving forward. it is going to be -- have to be part of the solution. >> why is it so hard, the chamber of commerce is for it. the aflcio is for it. mayor bloomberg is for it. the governor, republican governors, why is it so hard? >> i think it is a combination of all that was just said. this anti-government, almost half knowledge he that exist among a good chunk of the members on the tea party side. and the inability to find financing mechanisms because it requires some resources and revenue to be put into place. whether that is trying to find it from traditional sources, or by trying to find it by reducing loopholes, getting rid of the penalty the oil and gas industry has, there is no capacity right now to get any revenue through the house. the president has suggested creating an infrastructure trust by creating more of a fee off of the extraction of oil and gas on ublic lands. th
that is what the grover norquist pledge says. that is their position. they reject from the starting point the idea of a balanced approach and that has been the impediment to moving forward. it is going to be -- have to be part of the solution. >> why is it so hard, the chamber of commerce is for it. the aflcio is for it. mayor bloomberg is for it. the governor, republican governors, why is it so hard? >> i think it is a combination of all that was just said. this anti-government,...
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you signed the grover norquist no-tax pledge. to fund these projects, you of proposed removing a cap the gas tax. can you make the necessary repairs without violating that pledge? >> i made the pledge to the people of pennsylvania that i wasn't going to raise taxes. we are reducing that gas tax at the pump by two cents. most of you in this room and watching probably understand that the gas tax at the pump is not getting the revenue it used to get because of the fuel efficiency of cars. if you go to the pump, and you were buying gas, and you were getting 20 miles to the gallon, and now you are getting 30 miles to the gallon, you are not buying as often. in the 1980's or 1990, we put a cap on the wholesale price of gas. that was at $1.25. now the wholesale price is clearly over $3. we are not getting that additional money, and we feel we just need to take the cap off. think about the free market. the wholesalers have had a pretty good deal having that cap on there. they are seg it at a much higher price, but only paying tax to a ce
you signed the grover norquist no-tax pledge. to fund these projects, you of proposed removing a cap the gas tax. can you make the necessary repairs without violating that pledge? >> i made the pledge to the people of pennsylvania that i wasn't going to raise taxes. we are reducing that gas tax at the pump by two cents. most of you in this room and watching probably understand that the gas tax at the pump is not getting the revenue it used to get because of the fuel efficiency of cars. if...
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norquist to karl rove who are for comprehensive immigration reform legislation great in the house there are many conservatives who don't like that bill. host: virginia from port orchard, washington, on our democratic line. caller: i'm a very old lady. i like the quality we showed to the poor and the people who are ill and the black people. it is time that congress, especially the house, changes the tax laws. some immigrants came on a boat or an airplane or some walked. i wish there was a little more humanity and the republican side. they need to see the hundred people. congress need to see how many people are overweight. up tax reformgs in her comments. do we see anything moving forward on a comprehensive tax reform? guest: the push for it will happen in the fall. the senate finance committee chairman max baucus and the winds and means committee dave camp have a good relationship and have been going on the right and think they can defy the odds and bring together a tax reform bill even though the parties don't agree. time, camp and baucus worked well together and there will make date --
norquist to karl rove who are for comprehensive immigration reform legislation great in the house there are many conservatives who don't like that bill. host: virginia from port orchard, washington, on our democratic line. caller: i'm a very old lady. i like the quality we showed to the poor and the people who are ill and the black people. it is time that congress, especially the house, changes the tax laws. some immigrants came on a boat or an airplane or some walked. i wish there was a little...
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norquist never to raise any taxes. and so what happened is that they got on the supercommittee and refused to negotiate. democrats said we'll do some cuts, but we need some revenue. we need to raise some taxes, close some loopholes. republicans said no way. democrats said, wait a minute. you want all cuts and no raising taxes? they said, that's right. we are not going to negotiate with you on this. so the supercommittee failed in its work. when it failed in its work, that meant that we were going to deal with sequester and that's where we are now. sequester is going to impose automatic arbitrary cuts that could lay off, according to the congressional budget office, up to about 750,000 people. there will be cuts in domestic spending and cuts to the military spending. some of us think that military cuts are warranted. others of us are absolutely concerned about the people who are going to be affected by these domestic cuts. so let me wrap up. i know i got to hurry up, but i just want to say that i am concerned that sever
norquist never to raise any taxes. and so what happened is that they got on the supercommittee and refused to negotiate. democrats said we'll do some cuts, but we need some revenue. we need to raise some taxes, close some loopholes. republicans said no way. democrats said, wait a minute. you want all cuts and no raising taxes? they said, that's right. we are not going to negotiate with you on this. so the supercommittee failed in its work. when it failed in its work, that meant that we were...
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[applause] unfortunately, the state department does not have our own grover norquist pushing a pledge to protect it. we don't have millions of aarp seniors who send in their dues and rallied to protect american investments overseas. the kids lose lives we are -- whose lives we are helping save from aids, the women we are helping to free from delores of sex trafficking, -- free from sex trafficking, the students who for the first time can choose to walk into a school instead of into it a short life with terrorism, their strongest lobbyists are the rare committed americans stand up for them and the resources we need to help them. i hope that includes all of you here and many listening. you understand why every time a tough fiscal choices loom, the easiest place to point fingers is foreign aid. as ronald reagan said, foreign aid suppers for the lack of domestic constituency. that's part of the reason everyone thinks it costs a lot more than it really does. so we need to change that. i reject the excuse that americans just are not interested in what's happening outside their immediate fie
[applause] unfortunately, the state department does not have our own grover norquist pushing a pledge to protect it. we don't have millions of aarp seniors who send in their dues and rallied to protect american investments overseas. the kids lose lives we are -- whose lives we are helping save from aids, the women we are helping to free from delores of sex trafficking, -- free from sex trafficking, the students who for the first time can choose to walk into a school instead of into it a short...
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grover norquist. senator thune instagram. senator ted cruz. if you can find out more about that in the "washington times." and we see a range of other newspapers covering this. here's the new york times -- and a senior director of communications at the competitive enterprise institute has a commentary piece at the top of the washington times today -- we would like to hear from you about the senate democrats' budget. marmargaret is next in texas, democrat. caller: hi. the ryan budget stinks', like all republican ideas. these are the people that gave us three wars, one that never ends. two wars in iraq. it took a father and son republican president just to go into that little piece of country sand to get sadaam hussein. and now this war never ends. the republicans are probably the people that put us deeper in debt to a communist country, a. i don't think president roosevelt ever would have done that. paul ryan speaks out of both sides of his mouth. he says no change in social security. i heard him say it out of his own mouth on tv not very long
grover norquist. senator thune instagram. senator ted cruz. if you can find out more about that in the "washington times." and we see a range of other newspapers covering this. here's the new york times -- and a senior director of communications at the competitive enterprise institute has a commentary piece at the top of the washington times today -- we would like to hear from you about the senate democrats' budget. marmargaret is next in texas, democrat. caller: hi. the ryan budget...
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it is fun for me to irritate the aarp and grover norquist in equal measure. it makes your life worthwhile. they are out there, saying we will be savaged. anything we do, we will be savaged. >> senator simpson, when was the last time you talked to president obama? >> erskine is nearby. i talk with joe biden on the phone. i have known him for 40 years. a great pal. we do not always agree, but a good man and i love him. i suppose it has been about a year and a half since i talked to the president, but erskine has the ability to do that close by. >> when was the last time you talked to the president? >> right before the election. i have talked to vice president biden since the election and members of the white house team constantly, whether it has been jack lew or -- >> it is remarkable that you have not talked to the president since the election. >> i do not think it is remarkable. these guys have a lot on their plate. >> if joe biden were president would we have had a grand bargain? >> who knows? if bill clinton were president, would we have had a grand bargain
it is fun for me to irritate the aarp and grover norquist in equal measure. it makes your life worthwhile. they are out there, saying we will be savaged. anything we do, we will be savaged. >> senator simpson, when was the last time you talked to president obama? >> erskine is nearby. i talk with joe biden on the phone. i have known him for 40 years. a great pal. we do not always agree, but a good man and i love him. i suppose it has been about a year and a half since i talked to...
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as grover norquist said in his testimony, our bill, if adopted, would improve the finances of our nation. but more than that, this legislation provides workable, flexible, affordable humane solutions. it's tough, it's fair, it's practical. now i welcome additional ideas to enhance border security public safety. i'd like people to bring up their amendments and vote them up or down. but our goal must be to secure the border, not seal it. and as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, i will oppose efforts that impose unrealistic, excessively costly or inhumane border security efforts and oppose efforts to unduly delay the path. we've waited too long already. and that includes the amendment offered by my friend from iowa, senator grassley, which would significantly delay even the initial registration process for the 11 million undocumented individuals in this country. the bottom line is this, madam president. the pathway to citizenship must be earned, but it also must be attainable. citizenship must be earned but it also must be attainable. and let's not forget that bringing 11 million
as grover norquist said in his testimony, our bill, if adopted, would improve the finances of our nation. but more than that, this legislation provides workable, flexible, affordable humane solutions. it's tough, it's fair, it's practical. now i welcome additional ideas to enhance border security public safety. i'd like people to bring up their amendments and vote them up or down. but our goal must be to secure the border, not seal it. and as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, i will...
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even grover norquist said they wouldn't. >> '95 and '96 is when they did it. the republicans in congress got blamed for it. you start thinking about who is going to get the blame, how this comes back around, it's tough when you're hold ago loaded gun like that. >> i don't know what's going to happen with -- you heard boehner said earlier, in case you haven't noticed, the house does not want obama care at least as it's currently constructed does not want obama care to -- >> they also said he's not going to make any suppositions on what the senate will or won't do, but he's sure that they will have something they get closer agreement next weekend. so he's planning on this going all the way in the next half hour. >>> we will tell you what buffett had to say about the economy and the consumer. they've got a really good idea about what is happening. bank of america has one out of every two households they're doing business with. buffett has a wide variety of businesses. >>> come up, why microsoft's ceo steve boalmer says it's difficut to go to work. firsts, ever wo
even grover norquist said they wouldn't. >> '95 and '96 is when they did it. the republicans in congress got blamed for it. you start thinking about who is going to get the blame, how this comes back around, it's tough when you're hold ago loaded gun like that. >> i don't know what's going to happen with -- you heard boehner said earlier, in case you haven't noticed, the house does not want obama care at least as it's currently constructed does not want obama care to -- >>...
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norquist, this will test the organization, we'll find out if they're as effective as it once was. >> one place where the gun debate hits home is newtown, connecticut. it's the one-month anniversary of the shooting tragedy at sandy hook elementary. families of some victims today unveiled a campaign to prevent it from ever happening again. david wheeler lost his son benjamin. listen. >> i would respectfully request that every parent in this country who hears these words simply pause for a moment and think. ask yourself, what is it worth doing to keep your children safe? what is it worth to you? what is it worth doing? what is worth doing? >> let's go live to cnn's national correspondent susan candiotti in news town. you've been following this from the beginning. you were there to hear these heartbreaking statements and also spend some time with parents of one of the victims. what were your impressions? >> reporter: you know, it was very painful to listen to these families, families who lost their children. 6-year-old boys and girls who lost teachers, who lost staff. and this is the fir
norquist, this will test the organization, we'll find out if they're as effective as it once was. >> one place where the gun debate hits home is newtown, connecticut. it's the one-month anniversary of the shooting tragedy at sandy hook elementary. families of some victims today unveiled a campaign to prevent it from ever happening again. david wheeler lost his son benjamin. listen. >> i would respectfully request that every parent in this country who hears these words simply pause...
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it is fun for me to irritate the aarp and grover norquist in equal measure. it makes your life worthwhile. they are out there, saying we will be savaged. anything we do, we will be savaged. >> senator simpson, when was the last time you talked to president obama? >> erskine is nearby. i talk with joe biden on the phone. i have known him for 40 years. a great pal. we do not always agree, but a good man and i love him. i suppose it has been about a year and a half since i talked to the president, but erskine has the ability to do that close by. >> when was the last time you talked to the president? >> right before the election. i have talked to vice president biden since the election and members of the white house team constantly, whether it has been jack lew or -- >> it is remarkable that you have not talked to the president since the election. >> i do not think it is remarkable. these guys have a lot on their plate. >> if joe biden were president would we have had a grand bargain? >> who knows? if bill clinton were president, would we have had a grand bargain
it is fun for me to irritate the aarp and grover norquist in equal measure. it makes your life worthwhile. they are out there, saying we will be savaged. anything we do, we will be savaged. >> senator simpson, when was the last time you talked to president obama? >> erskine is nearby. i talk with joe biden on the phone. i have known him for 40 years. a great pal. we do not always agree, but a good man and i love him. i suppose it has been about a year and a half since i talked to...
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in his written testimony to the senate judiciary committee on april 22, 2013, grover norquist pointed out that once immigrants have lawful status and work authorization, they will be able to get better jobs and contribute even more to the funding of federal programs. he wrote that after the 1986 immigration law was enacted -- quote -- "their incomes rose by an average of 15% just by gaining legal status. those immigrants today are making much more than they did and as a result, paying more in taxes" -- close quote. my point is, immigrant taxpayers contribute to the funding not only of medicare and social security but of all federal programs. no one disputes that it should be this way. immigrants on the pathway must pay taxes just like everyone else. the strict tax requirements in the bill are the right policy. what is wrong what is wrong are the policies in the bill that prohibit immigrant taxpayers who are on the pathway from being able to use federal safety net programs for at least 13 years. their taxes pay for these programs but they can't use these programs. that is profoundly un
in his written testimony to the senate judiciary committee on april 22, 2013, grover norquist pointed out that once immigrants have lawful status and work authorization, they will be able to get better jobs and contribute even more to the funding of federal programs. he wrote that after the 1986 immigration law was enacted -- quote -- "their incomes rose by an average of 15% just by gaining legal status. those immigrants today are making much more than they did and as a result, paying more...
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the head of the united farmworkers and grover norquist support this bill. despite what you might be hearing from the congressman in this district, 65% of the people in this district, according to a recent poll, and 51% of republicans, want to see a path to citizenship. [applause] those are the facts. those are the facts. that is the evidence. or as bill clinton likes to say, that is the arithmetic. so why haven't we said that immigration bill to the president's desk? it is stuck in the house. it is in someone's desk drawer, between the post-it notes and the stapler. in the same place where they are hiding the farm bill, the infrastructure bill, and the senate passed budget. it's time to tell the republicans in the house of the people of this country want the keys to that desk drawer. [applause] they want representatives coming to the negotiating table to hammer out a compromise the works for the american people. they want representatives that are there for them, not ones who have taken a pledge to uphold a rigid ideology. they want to send people to congres
the head of the united farmworkers and grover norquist support this bill. despite what you might be hearing from the congressman in this district, 65% of the people in this district, according to a recent poll, and 51% of republicans, want to see a path to citizenship. [applause] those are the facts. those are the facts. that is the evidence. or as bill clinton likes to say, that is the arithmetic. so why haven't we said that immigration bill to the president's desk? it is stuck in the house....
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even grover norquist, all quiet on payroll tax cut that was allowed to sunset. now we see the number, 77%. why did they drop the ball on this? >> i think everyone wanted a deal and it was a toxic suggestion. obama came out on new year's eve and prior to that saying the middle class wouldn't be hit with tax increases. they are hit with tax increases. it wasn't the $2,000 he talked about avoiding about about a thousand on average. people are seeing it in paychecks now. it isn't the only surprise in this awful bill but it's one of the surprises. >> the average household will see about $1,600 in new taxes this year as a result of it. taken out in small chunks every paycheck but you'll see it over the course of the year. >> it is. it's reducing the ability of the consumers to spend. that has been the recurrent theme on avoiding the tax cliff, the fiscal cliff, was we didn't want to ding the consumer because that's how recovery works. people have less money to spend. >> we heard from democrats. they wanted more stimulus money, more money infused in the economy for peo
even grover norquist, all quiet on payroll tax cut that was allowed to sunset. now we see the number, 77%. why did they drop the ball on this? >> i think everyone wanted a deal and it was a toxic suggestion. obama came out on new year's eve and prior to that saying the middle class wouldn't be hit with tax increases. they are hit with tax increases. it wasn't the $2,000 he talked about avoiding about about a thousand on average. people are seeing it in paychecks now. it isn't the only...
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he took the grover norquist pledge, and did all the things that were required of a potential republican nominee. biting each of those steps, he made it harder for him to win a general election. and he brought to this some strengths, and you know, the other thing i tell the president four years ago was that romney was likely nominee because i believe in this theory of optimism. whoever the incumbent is, people are always looking for the remedy, not a replicate. and that romney would represent a stark difference from obama, businessmen, grounded, you know, not a visionary, not an orator. >> so you thought you would be the nominee? was that throughout the entire process? >> i had a few moments of doubt, as i suspect he may have. at how he got through those moments of doubt was to do what i said, to move to the right. and with each step i think he made himself more vulnerable, and you know, in the abstract from his profile as a businessman was a positive, even to the final day, it was a positive. the concept of a businessman who knows how to make, to create jobs and so on. that was their me
he took the grover norquist pledge, and did all the things that were required of a potential republican nominee. biting each of those steps, he made it harder for him to win a general election. and he brought to this some strengths, and you know, the other thing i tell the president four years ago was that romney was likely nominee because i believe in this theory of optimism. whoever the incumbent is, people are always looking for the remedy, not a replicate. and that romney would represent a...